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Ms. Toad

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28. He may well have been -
Mon Aug 18, 2014, 10:21 AM
Aug 2014

but I don't think it is smart, at this point, to be insisting that the only possibility is an execution - when (1) that was not one of scenarios suggested and (2) the charging scenario was suggested - by the doctor who performed the autopsy which is MOST likely to be biased in favor of Brown.

Not opinion but fact SaltyBro Aug 2014 #1
How is this "fact" substantiated? Uben Aug 2014 #2
Shot through the top of the head. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #6
As I've been saying madokie Aug 2014 #10
You could be shot in the top of the head if you are falling forward towards the shooter. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #11
We're on the same side here, but.... Uben Aug 2014 #12
That would be consistent with a man dropping to his knees. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #13
I agree it might have happened that way..... Uben Aug 2014 #14
Read the NYT article - which quotes the doctor the family retained to do the autopsy. Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #15
Only if he charged like a bull. eom MohRokTah Aug 2014 #16
The victim who initially pulled away and tried to run... HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #30
Tell it to the doctor retained by the Brown family. Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #32
No, thats an inaccurate quote. HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #35
It is an accurate quote. Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #37
Also consistent with the victim giving up mcar Aug 2014 #39
Because I was responding to an allegation that I was misquoting the doctor. Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #41
"It can be because he's giving up" HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #42
Because I was responding to someone who alleged I was misquoting - Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #44
No. You have consistantly omitted that portion of the quote. HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #46
What portion of the quote have I omitted? Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #48
You're right, context is important and highlighting only one portion of a quote justiceischeap Aug 2014 #49
Someone accused me of misquoting Dr. Baden. Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #50
it comes from an analysis of the autopsy Enrique Aug 2014 #8
The private doctor who performed the second autopsy Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #17
How many criminals charge like a bull preparing to head butt the cop with the gun? MohRokTah Aug 2014 #18
Perhaps someone who figures he's going to die anyway? Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #20
Now you're really reaching. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #21
Tell it to the doctor the family paid to do the autopsy. Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #22
Some people are really invested in Bettie Aug 2014 #23
I've noticed. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #24
Acknowledging what the doctor retained by the family actually said Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #33
I'll say. HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #36
Quoting the doctor retained by the family is not spinning a far-fetched fantasy. n/t Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #43
When you use a partial quote to support your preconceived guilt... HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #45
What part of the quote did I leave out? Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #47
There was alsame Aug 2014 #3
"Gangland style execution" is how such a murder would be described byt the media. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #7
Or - as the doctor who performed the private autopsy on behalf of Brown's parents said, Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #19
I tend to think he was alsame Aug 2014 #25
He may well have been - Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #28
He was murdered in alsame Aug 2014 #29
From anything I've seen, an unjustified killing. Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #34
No. The doctor did not suggest he was charging. HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #38
Read the NYT article from last night, Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #40
and he was shot SIX TIMES!!! a kennedy Aug 2014 #4
Some talking points on cable news try to say officer tried to just wound him first...hitting the arm FarPoint Aug 2014 #5
What teevee taught me about shootings... HereSince1628 Aug 2014 #9
The accuracy issue also explains why Bettie Aug 2014 #26
The autopsy brings up questions as to the correctness of 'eyewitnesses'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #27
Any shots fired while he was running missed. HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #31
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